What Does Buying A Republican Politician Get You?

Now that the Republicans control the House and have regained “The Power of the Purse,” they are determined to use their budget to repay their corporate campaign daddies for their generous contributions. So what can a Republican politician do for you?

For their friendly contributors in the health insurance industry, the Republican plan to defund health care reform will allow the industry to avoid some of the painful monetary consequences of no longer being able to abuse sick people. Those who should especially be worried are parents with children who have pre-existing conditions.

These extreme corporate giveaways will probably be watered down by the Democratic Senate. But if the new Republican-Tea Party takes the presidency in 2012, we can expect to see all this and more enacted on behalf of the corporate sponsors of the Republican Party. Sounds like a pretty sweet deal for the corporations and their lobbyists, and a raw deal for everyone else.